Gavin,
BTW, are both the cards linksys cards. I am planning to install another
linksys card.
Cheers
Sridhar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 7:20 PM
Subject: [expert] linksys etherfast 10/100 card - solved
> I did manage to get it working. Here's the story:
>
> The linksys etherfast 10/100 has multiple models, each with a different
chip
> set. I have version 4 which is not supported in the current release of the
> tulip driver. if yours works out of the box it's probably version 2.
>
> the solution:
>
> Get the new tulip.c source file (and some other files which you need to
get
> it to compile).
>
> DO NOT follow the instructions for compiling the tulip module, they don't
> work. It tells you to just compile the tulip.c file with a gcc command but
> you need some headers that are not there resulting in compile errors out
the
> wazzu.
>
> What you need is the latest source RPM for the PCI card modules:
>
> ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdriver-2.0-3.src.rpm
>
> Install the RPM and #cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/
>
> run #make
>
> this will recompile the new modules. move the new tulip.o and pci-scan.o
> into /lib/modules/2.2.xxxx/net/ and run #depmod
>
> Now it ought to load just fine: #modprobe -a tulip
> If not, get the newest test tulip.c file from
> ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/test/
>
> put it in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ and run #make again
>
>
> taste it,
> Gavin
>
> P.S.
> I like to answer my own problems as too many times I search the archives
and
> find questions but no answers.
>
> on 9/1/00 7:40 PM, Gavin Clark wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > just got a linksys etherfast 10/100 to be my second ethernet card
> >
> > it says to use the tulip.o module to drive it but it doesn't work. the
> > module won't load. I get 'device or resource busy':
> >
> > # modprobe -a tulip
> > /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/tulip.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
> > /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/tulip.o: insmod
> > /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/tulip.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/tulip.o: insmod tulip failed
> >
> > anyone using this card and what did you do to get it running?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Gavin
>
>
>
